When Mona asked visitors at the park about the two huskies she determined they had been there since early morning and had been running around for several hours.

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“Somebody said, ‘Yes, I saw [a woman] leave the huskies behind. She just told us she’s going to the car, and she’ll be right back. So nobody really paid attention to the fact that she was really gone,’” Mona told the Dodo.

Although Vada and Layla are not the first abandoned dogs Mona has rescued from the park, she was still upset. “This makes me feel angry,” she said. “This is not the way you give dogs away. All they had to do was ask for help.”

Many rescues and shelters in California are seeing a sharp rise in abandoned huskies due to the popularity of the TV show Game of Thrones. However, the people getting the high-energy dogs don’t understand the care and work needed to keep them happy.

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Mona loaded Vada and Layla into her car and took them to a foster caregiver she knows. The two young dogs will be spayed and microchipped before they are put up for adoption, although their fosterer has already expressed interest in adopting the pair.

To learn more about the work that Mona and her crew of volunteers do visit Fresno Furry Friends on Facebook and their website.